2.2 ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Georgetown · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Georgetown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty-one percent of people in Georgetown now live alone, a figure far above the national average. This shift has left the area with a typical household size of just 2.2 people, which is lower than most similar places.
2.2
▼ -26.7%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Georgetown — lower than 64% of areas.
| Georgetown | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4871, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 41.6% of households consisting of one person. This is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia and marks a huge rise from 8.6% in 2011.
41.6% ▲ +380.9%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Georgetown, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with one parent make up only 3.8% of the community, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 56.5% having children and 35.9% without.
3.8% ▼ -65.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Georgetown, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Georgetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322048/georgetown/topic/family-households